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..the unwieldy elephant,/ To make them mirth, used all his might, and wreathed/ His lithe pro­boscis…
John Mil­ton, Par­adise Lost, Book IV

We ele­phants are images of humil­ity, as when we/undertake our melan­choly migra­tions to die.
Dan Chi­as­son, The Elephant